Get your employees on board with the Chamber

If you are a member of the Chamber, then so are each of your employees. Encouraging them to get involved on some level will give you greater value for your membership investment. They can receive e-mail, attend programs, serve on a committee - just about anything. As they become more involved, they will be creating additional visibility for your services and products and building potentially valuable business relationships.

Remember, it is actually your business that is the member, thereby affording all benefits of membership tothose in your office or workplace. These include Member Discounts, referrals and more. Log on to www.adrianareachamber.com and click on the Join Now button to view the growing list of services that have been designed to help your business grow!

Ann Hughes
President & CEO
annhughes@adrianareachamber.com
www.adrianareachamber.com

The Chamber, working with the LISD & others is developing a Business & Technology EXPO set for 10/16/10 at the Tech Center. Committeee meets next week for 1st time. Looking for interested volunteers. Call me at 265-2320.

Initial thoughts center on the event serving as a showcase for local businesses of all kinds with a special are set aside for technology related organizations. The plan also calls for hands-on instructive session on hardware, software, social medial and other business applications.

The show is belong held on a Saturday in order to make it possible for participation by area college students as well as the general public and business persons. Vendor fees will be held to a minimum and we are looking not to charge for admission for the event.

Anyone interested in serving on the Planning Committee may call the Chamber. Registration materials will be available in mid-May.

For more Chamber and member news log on to www.adrianareachamber.com

Ann Hughes
President & CEO
Adrian Area Chamber of Commerce

Littmann to headline Economic Luncheon

Want to learn about what's happening with the economy and what has to happen to fix it? Then join us tomorrow (Tuesday, March 30th) for the Chamber's 1st Economic Luncheon event. To be held at the Centre at 1800 West US 223, the Luncheon runs from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM. The featured speaker is David Littmann, Senior Economist for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. This is a great opportunity to hear and learn from one of the region's foremost economists. Call the Chamber at 265-2320 for reservations.

Social Media - A Commitment

This isn't New Year's Day but I am going to once again make a resolution to commit to a schedule of regular social networking! I can't be the only one who realizes the importance of social media in marketing a business, an event or issue and who simply gets bogged down with other things and all of a sudden realizes that they haven't blogged in 6 weeks or that it has been days (or weeks) since a post was put on Face Book, Twitter or Linked In. Tell me, I'm not the only one!

Anyway, if you are like me and occasionally miss the opportunity to tweet, post or blog, join me in setting aside a bit of time each day to take advantage of the opportunities these media afford us. I'm going to try for first thing in the morning before my schedule starts to crumble! Let me know how it goes for you!

Resolve to utilize your membership in 2010!

Limitations of time, staff and energy can make it difficult to get involved with Chamber activities. but we encourage you to make use of Chamber services, access benefits and attend networking events whenever possible in the coming year. The Chamber works for you regardless of your level of involvement - website presence, referrals, brochure distribution, directory listings, etc. - but you get more from your membership investment when you are present at events and programs and take the opportunity to do some face-to-face networking. The Chamber is all about marketing - yourself, your products, your services - and we are available daily to sit down for a one-on-one conversation about helping your business succeed. Call me anytime at 265-2320. We are here to serve you and your business. Remember that your membership covers all of your employees and they may attend and/or participate in any Chamber program, committee or event!

Ann Hughes
President and CEO
517.265.2320
517.270.1818
www.adrianareachamber.com

We are thankful!

The Chamber staff celebrated Thanksgiving a few days early this past Friday! Taking a break from pulling together a major mailing to the membership, we ordered from a member restaurant and celebrated each other's friendship with a blessing, good food and conversation. All of us at the Chamber are grateful for the unique gifts that each member brings to the organization, Their gifts of time, talent, financial support, ideas, leadership and service are what has enabled the Adrian Area Chamber to grow and flourish.

From each of us to each of you, "May your Thanksgiving holiday be replete with blessings of peace, family and love:.

Today,Wednesday, November 11th will mark the beginning of the Adrian Area Chamber’s 8th year of operation. The last seven years have been indelibly marked by the passion, leadership, service and involvement of countless individuals, businesses and area organizations who share the vision of making our community ever better, stronger and viable. Those years have been ones of opportunity for the Chamber as we grew from an idea nurtured by many in this community into a respected, results-oriented community and business development organization. To each individual, business and volunteer who has participated in any way to bring the Chamber to this point, please accept the sincere appreciation of our Directors, staff and membership!

It’s been seven years of hard work, commitment and accomplishment but you can be assured that we’re not sitting back and resting on our laurels! We’re moving forward with an agenda developed to strengthen local businesses, promote entrepreneurship, the arts, education, tourism and our quality of life. We are committed to marketing the greater Adrian community as the ideal place to locate a business, buy a home, invest, live, work and play. Log on to www.adrianareachamber.com top learnmore about the Chamber or call us at 517-265-2320.

Ann Hughes
President and CEO
517.265.2320
517.270.1818
www.adrianareachamber.com